Edmonton municipal election, 1957

The 1957 municipal election was held November 3, 1957 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Michael O'Byrne, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Joseph Moreau were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board). The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions.

The election would normally have fallen on October 16 (the third Wednesday in October), but was delayed because of the provincial plebiscite on October 30.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frederick John Mitchell, Ethel Wilson, Laurette Douglas, Giffard Main, and Donald Bowen were all elected to two-year terms in 1956 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, John Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two-year terms in 1956 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Vincent Dantzer, John Bernard Kane, and Leo Lemieux were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 49955 ballots cast out of 141532 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.3%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Citizens' CommitteeWilliam Hawrelak 32,312 65.15%
IndependentEdwin Clarke 13,003 26.22%
Edmonton Voters AssociationCharles Simmonds 4,282 8.63%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeCliffard Roy 25,459 SS Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeWilliam Connelly 25,100   Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeHu Harries 24,833 SS Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeReginald Easton 24,545   Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeJames Falconer 23,101   Green tickY
Edmonton Voters AssociationCharles Thompson 13,001
IndependentIvor Dent 12,503 SS
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationEdith Rogers 8,794
Edmonton Voters AssociationDavid Graham 8,240
IndependentJulia Kiniski 7,444
Edmonton Voters AssociationOrval Allen 7,072 SS
IndependentTempest Aitken 6,744
IndependentThomas Graham 6,333
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationVincent McMahon 5,391 SS
Edmonton Voters AssociationGeorge Rankel 4,215
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationJames Bamber 3,785
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationGustave Querengesser 3,560
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationAlfred Kynnersley 2,991 SS
IndependentStan Rogalski 2,483

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeErnest Hanna 20,477   Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeAngus MacDonald 20,690   Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeRobert Johnson 17,527 SS Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeDouglas Thomson 16,861 SS Green tickY
Edmonton Voters AssociationOscar Krueger 14,200
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationElizabeth Scott 9,913 SS
Edmonton Voters AssociationFrances Shore 8,751
Edmonton Voters AssociationJack Hennig 8,607 SS
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationClifford Hackett 6,341
Edmonton Voters AssociationJohn Lyon 6,123
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationHerbert Nichols 5,528

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentMichael O'Byrne Acclaimed Green tickY
IndependentOrest Demco Acclaimed Green tickY
IndependentCatherine McGrath Acclaimed Green tickY
IndependentJoseph Moreau Acclaimed Green tickY

Plebiscites

Fluoridation of Water

Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $965,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000.00 for the improvement of City parks and the commencement of work on unsubdivided park land, circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards and similar works?

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to purchase and install additional traffic lights at various locations within the City?

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to construct and equip a branch of the Edmonton Public Library in a location within the City?

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 to provide necessary renovations to the existing portion of the Royal Alexandra Hospital and equipment for the Hospital?

Fire Hall

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $245,000.00 in order to build and provide equipment for a Fire Hall at 98th Street and 101A Avenue?

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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